71. Bailey for Exiles

James Bailey, the former England Under 21 and England Sevens winger, has joined London Irish from Gloucester.

72. Leicester Tigers 24 London Irish 22

Peter Hewat missed a last-gasp conversion which would have given London Irish a draw at Welford Road on Saturday.

73. Chandler: Onwards and upwards for Gensians

Redingensians, now the town’s premier side, open their second South West Division 1 season with the visit of top West Country side Cleve to the Old Bath Road ground (3pm).

74. Unlucky Catt hobbles out of Tigers clash

Player/coach Mike Catt has been ruled out of the London Irish side to face Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership at Welford Road tomorrow (3pm).

75. Bracknell require a leader of the pack

Bracknell were given a lesson in ‘ugly’ rugby when they travelled to London Division 1 rivals Barnes on Saturday for a pre-season friendly.

76. Aussie Hewat stings Champs

London Irish 26 London Wasps 14

Aussie Peter Hewat scored 16 points as London Irish made an impressive start to their Guinness Premiership campaign in the season’s curtain-raiser at Twickenham.

77. Nutt back to boost Blues

Newbury can get their National League 1 season up and running with the visit of Moseley to Monks Lane tomorrow (3pm).

78. Unlucky Casey ruled out of Irish opener

London Irish captain Bob Casey has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Guinness Premiership opener against London Wasps at Twickenham (2.30pm) having fractured his wrist in last Friday’s friendly at Heineken Cup holders Munster.

79. Nowak: Promotion is our aim

Bracknell Rugby Club captain Ben Nowak believes the club are well prepared for another promotion push from South West Division 1 this season.

80. ‘We Havant hit top form,’ says Sheasby

Bracknell started their preparation for the fast-approaching new campaign with a comprehensive friendly victory against National Division 3 South side Havant.